CONTENTS PART I RITA IN THE WORLD CHAPTER I. CASCIA: A GLANCE AT ITS HISTORY 9 II. RITA'S PARENTS 21 III. RITA'S WONDERFUL CONCEPTION 26 IV. RITA'S BIRTH 30 V. THE WHITE BEES OF ST. RITA 40 VI. RITA'S CHILDHOOD 46 VII. RITA'S LOVE OF RETIREMENT 51 VIII. RITA'S MARRIAGE 55 IX. RITA AS WIFE 62 X. DEATH OF RITA'S HUSBAND AND CHILDREN — RITA AS WIDOW 71 PART II RITA IN THE CLOISTER I. RITA'S MIRACULOUS ENTRY INTO THE CLOISTER AND HER RECEPTION 83 II. RITA AS NOVICE— HER PROFESSION 92 III. RITA'S CHARITY 97 IV. OTHER VIRTUES WHICH RITA PRACTISED IN THE CLOISTER 105 V. RITA'S OBSERVANCE OF THE RELIGIOUS VOWS 110 VI. RITA'S PENANCES 120 VII. RITA'S SPIRIT OF PRAYER 125 VIII. A THORN FROM THE SAVIOUR'S CROWN OF THORNS WOUNDS RITA'S FOREHEAD 132 IX. RITA GOES TO ROME TO GAIN THE INDULGENCE OF THE JUBILEE 137 X. RITA'S LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH 142 PART III RITA IN HEAVEN I. WONDERFUL EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AT RITA'S DEATH — BURIAL OF HER SACRED BODY 153 II. MIRACLES WROUGHT BY GOD THROUGH RITA'S INTERCESSION BEFORE HER BEATIFICATION 159 III. EFFICACY OF THE RELICS OF ST. RITA 178 IV. MARVELS OF ST. RITA'S SEPULCHRE 186 V. IMMEMORIAL WORSHIP OF ST. RITA 194 VI. SOLEMN BEATIFICATION OF RITA 201 VII. MIRACLES WORKED BY RITA AFTER HER BEATIFICATION 208 VIII. MORE RECENT MIRACLES OF ST. RITA 215 IX. HER CANONIZATION 255 X. THE THREE MIRACLES APPROVED FOR HER CANONIZATION 263 CONCLUSION 271 Digitized by Google.

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